Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Murphy

230. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works started at a school in Newbridge, County Kildare (details supplied); and when these refurbishment works are likely to be completed. [44825/23]

School Transport

Catherine Murphy

242. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she has received the school transport scheme review; and if she will publish same. [44996/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Catherine Murphy

348. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update directly to a person (details supplied) that has been waiting on a decision on an appeal. [44652/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

386. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of attempted murder and serious assault causing harm cases reported to Gardaí within the Kildare division in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form [44831/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

387. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí by rank attached to the Kildare divisional drugs unit as of 10 October 2023. [44832/23]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

388. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the transport budget allocation to the Irish Prison Service in the years of 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [44833/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

410. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda members in each roads policing unit, by Garda division, to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45380/23]

Wildlife Protection

Catherine Murphy

422. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify whether there is a requirement to seek permission from his Department to import non-native honeybees; and if so, the number of imports that have been granted in the past three years to date. [44782/23]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

423. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE vacancies by job title in the import control division of his Department as of 10 October 2023; the full year cost of filling each of these vacancies and when will each of these vacancies be filled in tabular form. [44826/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Catherine Murphy

441. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to increase the funding per child in the early learning years sector. [44656/23]

Disability Services

Catherine Murphy

457. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and location of therapist posts including speech and language therapists, psychological and others appointed to special schools within CHO7 in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form [44830/23]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Murphy

458. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on HIQA inspections of direct provision centres; the number of inspections that have been undertaken to date; if he will provide a schedule for inspections over the coming months, and if the mandate of HIQA will be broadened to cover emergency accommodation centres. [44842/23]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

523. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric urologists based at CHI Temple Street in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number of hours per week each consultant is based at the hospital, in tabular form [44835/23]

Hospital Charges

Catherine Murphy

524. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the additional revenue that would be generated if private patient charges in HSE funded Hospital for single occupancy rooms increased by a further 25% based on 2022 figures. [44836/23]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

525. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical specialist physiotherapist in musculoskeletal orthopaedics at Tallaght University Hospital in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form [44837/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Catherine Murphy

526. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see each consultant ENT surgeon at St Vincent's University Hospital in tabular form. [44838/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

527. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through sales at public restaurants at both Mater Hospital and Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and when is the contract to provide this service at both hospitals next due for renewal. [44839/23]

Legislative Process

Catherine Murphy

634. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current status of the Construction Safety Licensing Bill 2023. [44840/23]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Catherine Murphy

72. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a schedule of lands and buildings his Department and bodies under his aegis acquired by using a compulsory purchase order in the past 20 years to date; and the amount expended on same. [44549/23]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Catherine Murphy

89. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule of lands and buildings his Department and bodies under his aegis acquired by using a compulsory purchase order in the past 20 years to date; and the amount expended on same. [44551/23]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Catherine Murphy

96. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 20 September 2023, if he will provide an update in respect of the OPWs attempt to make use of the CPO process to acquire lands in the common good. [44541/23]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Catherine Murphy

97. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide a schedule of lands and buildings his Department and bodies under his aegis acquired by using a compulsory purchase order in the past 5 years to date; and the amount expended on same. [44550/23]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Catherine Murphy

155. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of lands and buildings his Department and bodies under his aegis acquired by using a compulsory purchase order in the past 20 years to date; and the amount expended on same. [44548/23]

Public Inquiries

Catherine Murphy

4. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will establish a statutory inquiry, compliant with international human rights standards, into the arrest, detention, interrogation, prosecution and conviction of persons (details supplied). [44109/23]

Industrial Relations

Catherine Murphy

88. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention or that of his officials has been drawn to the shortfall in employer to employee engagement in respect of proposed redundancies at a company (details supplied); the steps he will take to ensure that employee rights are protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44406/23]

Health Service Executive

Catherine Murphy

204. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, by site location and amount paid by the HSE in vacant site levy fees to respective local authorities in the past ten years to date. [44237/23]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Catherine Murphy

146. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW retains an ability to initiate a compulsory purchase lands and buildings; and if not, if he will point to the amending legislation. [43632/23]

School Admissions

Catherine Murphy

170. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of enquiries to Tulsa's education welfare officers in the north Kildare area on behalf of pupils refused places in local schools for the 2022/23 and 2023/24 academic calendars; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43686/23]

Road Traffic Offences

Catherine Murphy

337. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of GoSafe speed camera vehicles at present. [43458/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

413. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount expended on an annual basis for foster care service providers since the year commencing 2013 to date in 2023; if he will provide a breakdown paid to agencies and to private individuals over that time period; and the number of active and inactive foster carers and agencies as of 1 October 2023. [43514/23]

Student Accommodation

Catherine Murphy

603. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the funding of on-campus student accommodation that was announced for Maynooth University in November 2022 (details supplied). [43713/23]

Driver Licences

Catherine Murphy

189. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will expedite applications lodged with the NDLS in respect of three persons at a company (details supplied) in order for them to commence their employment. [43367/23]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

224. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his attention has been drawn to issues regarding land ownership and access to Castletown House; if his Department have at any point in the past made efforts to secure lands around Castletown House; if he and or his officials have assisted the OPW in attempts to secure the lands by purchase and or lease; and if he will involve himself in the current discussions between the OPW and land owners. [43230/23]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

229. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if a health and safety risk assessment was conducted in advance of the opening of Castletown House's main entrance to vehicle traffic; if a vehicle and pedestrian management plan has been developed; and if he is satisfied that the new arrangements meet the needs of persons with a disability and or that require use of mobility aides. [43380/23]

Vaccination Programme

Catherine Murphy

347. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the free flu vaccination programme to include school staff, including teachers, given the current teacher shortage crisis; and if he can provide a rationale for their continued exclusion. [43364/23]

Official Engagements

Catherine Murphy

141. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite the Governor of the State of Virginia in the US to Ireland before the end of year. [42377/23]

Rail Network

Catherine Murphy

195. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the estimated costs to introduce a light rail transport system in Limerick, Galway and Cork. [42385/23]

Bus Services

Catherine Murphy

196. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the current status of a new bus shelter at a location (details supplied); and if this new shelter is likely to be estimated before the end of 2023. [42386/23]

Greenways Provision

Catherine Murphy

225. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the reasons that the Grand Canal Greenway in Clondalkin has been closed to users now for the third time to facilitate cabling works for a nearby building (details supplied), without adequate alternate routes for cyclists and pedestrians being provided. [42718/23]

Tax Code

Catherine Murphy

242. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2024 if the stamp duty on ATM-only cards and debit cards were scrapped. [42392/23]

Tax Code

Catherine Murphy

243. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the level of excise applied to home heating oil from €122.83 to €69 from 16 October 2023 to 1 March 2024. [42393/23]

Official Engagements

Catherine Murphy

244. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to have a bilateral meeting with his Spanish counterpart. [42394/23]

Civil Service

Catherine Murphy

270. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of non-established civil servants currently employed by the State, by grade. [42396/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

294. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of schools that had solar panels installed as part of the summer works programme in 2022 and to date in 2023, by county, in tabular form. [42194/23]

School Funding

Catherine Murphy

295. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of schools that were granted funds from the summer works programme in 2022 and to date in 2023, by county, in tabular form. [42195/23]

Tourism Promotion

Catherine Murphy

346. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if Fáilte Ireland plans to re-open a tourism information office at Dublin Airport; and the estimated costs to restore such a service. [42391/23]

Departmental Funding

Catherine Murphy

365. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the capital and current funding that his Department has provided to Dublin Zoo in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42395/23]

State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

434. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider establishing a dedicated email contact for local government elected representatives in respect of INIS services. [42193/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

439. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda cars and vans attached to each district within the DMR region as of 26 September 2023, in tabular form. [42387/23]

EU Bodies

Catherine Murphy

440. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the level of funding provided to Frontex, the European border guard agency, in the years of 2021, 2022 and 2023; and the proposed funding for 2024. [42388/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

441. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of new marked Garda vans that have come into the fleet to date in 2023; the number of vans withdrawn from the fleet to date in 2023; and if there are likely to be additional new marked Garda vans that will come into the fleet before end of 2023. [42389/23]

Disability Services

Catherine Murphy

514. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite places in each CHO area; the number of respite places in each CHO that are reserved for emergency care; if there are plans to expand on existing services; and if he will clarify whether the HSE uses projections and or forecasting demand on respite places. [42114/23]

Hospital Facilities

Catherine Murphy

533. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications in CHO7 for assistive technology in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42390/23]

Childcare Services

Catherine Murphy

559. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding a typical preschool service receives from the State on a weekly basis, including both ECCE funding and Core funding; the number of staff required to provide the service; and the minimum rates of the staff members. [42712/23]

Hospital Equipment

Catherine Murphy

615. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation devices that are currently available in each hospital, in tabular form. [42378/23]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

616. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of day and night shift leaders in the ICU departments of Tallaght University Hospital, St. James's Hospital and St. Vincent's University Hospital, in tabular form. [42379/23]

Hospital Procedures

Catherine Murphy

617. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of gallbladder surgeries performed at the Mater Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42380/23]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

618. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in each minor injuries unit, in tabular form. [42381/23]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

619. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE neuropsychologists in Beaumont Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42382/23]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

620. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior physiotherapists in paediatric endocrinology and paediatric obesity at CHI Temple Street in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42383/23]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

621. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE accident and emergency department nurses in Naas General Hospital in the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number will be increased. [42384/23]

Primary Care Centres

Catherine Murphy

674. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the date on which the Boot Road primary care centre in Clondalkin will open; and if he will outline the services that it will provide. [42717/23]

Census of Population

Catherine Murphy

94. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will clarify a matter (details supplied). [40957/23]

Information and Communications Technology

Catherine Murphy

108. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the National Cyber Security Centre has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) within the NCSC; if any section of the NCSC currently makes use of A.I.; if he can outline the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if NCSC has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of A.I. [41116/23]

Tax Data

Catherine Murphy

155. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of exemptions in respect of local property tax, and the number of deferrals sought and granted in respect of local property tax, in 2022 and to date in 2023; the value of LPT forgone as a consequence; and if he will provide the information in tabular form. [40956/23]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

207. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the date on which OPW and or a contractor engaged by them inspected the mature trees at the Kildare Street gate entrance and Merrion side of Leinster House; if it has been established whether the trees are in a stable condition and are disease-free; and if there are future plans to inspect the trees in the context of their long-term preservation. [41315/23]

Heritage Sites

Catherine Murphy

209. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will clarify whether the OPW has entered into a mediation process with landowners at Castletown House and boundary lands. [41362/23]

Courts Service

Catherine Murphy

413. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of drivers listed in court for speeding by District Court in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 which resulted in the case being struck out or dismissed due to the driver making a contribution to the court poor box; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41230/23]

Courts Service

Catherine Murphy

414. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of drivers listed in court for holding a mobile phone while driving by District Court in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 which resulted in the case being struck out or dismissed due to the driver making a contribution to the court poor box; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41231/23]

Road Traffic Accidents

Catherine Murphy

416. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of fatal road traffic collisions each year in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 in which the surviving driver was injured in the crash; the number of injured drivers involved, by year; the number taken to hospital; the number of these drivers that were not tested for intoxicants each year in hospital; the reason these drivers were not tested for intoxicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41246/23]

Health Strategies

Catherine Murphy

556. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he and or the HSE have developed guidance for end users in respect of blue light from computer screens and digital devices in the context of eye health; and the number of persons in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 with eye complaints as a result of prolonged exposure to blue light. [41244/23]

Further and Higher Education

Catherine Murphy

611. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update in respect of the case of a person (details supplied). [41104/23]

Animal Breeding

Catherine Murphy

622. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date on which the schedule of the restricted and specifically banned dog breeds was updated; if she has added the Presa Canario; if not, if she will outline the reason for same; if she has given consideration to adding and/or evaluating the need to add the American bully XL as a prescribed ban-dog to the schedule or restricted and or banned breeds; and if she will provide a schedule of the number of dogs that are exempt of The Control of Dogs Regulations, by breed and organisation that is responsible for the dogs. [41122/23]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Catherine Murphy

623. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date on which her officials last engaged with their counterparts in Northern Ireland in respect of developing an all-island schedule of the restricted dog breeds. [41123/23]

Defective Building Materials

Catherine Murphy

141. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will devise some form of insurance support for people who own defective apartment blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40874/23]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

151. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department obstructed the OPW from purchasing lands at Castletown House in 2021; if so, if he will outline the rationale for same; if the OPW presented a business case to his Department in respect of its ambition and/or intention to purchase the lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40873/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Catherine Murphy

24. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken with the Turkish Ambassador to Ireland to date in 2023. [40121/23]

Diplomatic Representation

Catherine Murphy

25. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to appoint a cultural officer to the Embassy in Canberra, Australia. [40122/23]

Coast Guard Service

Catherine Murphy

103. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the current up-to-date position regarding a new coastguard building in Howth; and the amount that has been spent on this project to date. [40114/23]

Bus Services

Catherine Murphy

104. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of new bus drivers recruited by Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [40115/23]

Customs and Excise

Catherine Murphy

143. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the value of counterfeit prescription drugs and narcotics seized by customs officials at privately owned and State airports and ports of entry and exit that were passed to the HPRA for examination; and if he will provide the information in tabular form, by location, item and value, for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [40692/23]

Tax Data

Catherine Murphy

156. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2024 of reducing the 2% USC rate to persons earning between €12,012.01 and €22,920 to 1%, and for persons earning between €22,920.01 to €70,044, to reduce that 4.5% USC rate to 4%; and the number of persons who would benefit in both bands. [40116/23]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Catherine Murphy

202. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his plans to use a compulsory purchase order in respect of lands at Castletown House in Celbridge County Kildare; if he has engaged with landowners regarding maintaining access from the M4 side of the grounds for public access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39854/23]

Tax Code

Catherine Murphy

413. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will publish the methodology used by the working group in respect of the review of the allocation of baseline funding in the context of LPT; if he will clarify whether the census of population data were used; the census year the data derived from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39598/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Catherine Murphy

633. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of disability allowance and State pension (contributory) as of August 2023; and the total spend on each payment in August 2023. [40127/23]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

671. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide details of the total amount paid by the State to a company (details supplied) each year since the start of its most recent contract for its services in monitoring and enforcing speed limits on State roads. [39581/23]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

672. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if there are minimum quotas or targets that operators of a company (details supplied) must meet in terms of recording speeding vehicles; if so, what these quotas are; and the way in which are they determined. [39583/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

695. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to have 1400cc motorcycles in use in the Garda fleet; and the number of moped bikes in the fleet. [40118/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

696. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of stables currently in use in the Garda mounted unit; and if there are any stables not being used but are available to be used in the Garda mounted unit. [40119/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

710. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda members in each roads policing unit, by Garda division, in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40463/23]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

769. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full-year cost to recruit one additional whole-time equivalent, WTE, deputy chief analyst and one additional WTE chief analyst for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40120/23]

Customs and Excise

Catherine Murphy

791. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of counterfeit veterinary prescription drugs and animal growth hormones seized by customs officials at privately owned and State airports and ports of entry and exit that were passed to his Department for examination; and if he will provide the information in tabular form, by location, item and value, for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [40693/23]

Health Services Staff

Catherine Murphy

963. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time multiple sclerosis, MS, nurse specialists employed by the HSE in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the locations in which these MS nurses are located, in tabular form. [40123/23]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

964. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE optometrists and orthoptists based in CHI Crumlin in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [40124/23]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

965. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant vascular surgeons at St. Vincent's University Hospital in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [40125/23]

Hospital Procedures

Catherine Murphy

966. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of brain scans carried out at Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [40126/23]

Legislative Reviews

Catherine Murphy

1039. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to reform the Dental Act 1985; if he will provide a timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40695/23]

Legislative Reviews

Catherine Murphy

1040. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to empower the Dental Council to inspect dental practices, to be given authority to regulate dental practices which are not owned by dentists, and to investigate allegations of dental care being provided by persons who are not registered dental practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40696/23]

Legislative Reviews

Catherine Murphy

1041. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will set out a schedule of engagements that his Department has with the Dental Council on the matter outlined in the RTÉ Primetime investigates programme of 7 September 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40697/23]

Library Projects

Catherine Murphy

1097. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule of applications received by municipal districts in Wicklow County Council’s local authorities under the 2023 allocation; if she will provide a breakdown, by the library branch that was allocated funding and amount, in the local authority under the libraries capital programme in 2023; if she will provide a schedule of the proposals received for a small-scale capital works programme in public libraries to date in 2023 under the new libraries capital programme by each municipal district in County Wicklow and/or by Wicklow County Council, by amount; and to provide an outline of the proposed project. [40102/23]